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10-Feb-08, 12:57 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 17  | | |
Just wondering is MDF wood could be used to make an enclosure for a monitor? please help  |
10-Feb-08, 12:58 AM
|  | water wings Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: central coast, nsw | | | | what sort of enclosure? |
10-Feb-08, 12:59 AM
| | water wings Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: central coast, nsw | | | | sorry. monitor |
10-Feb-08, 01:04 AM
| | water wings Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: central coast, nsw | | | | yes you can. it's heaps hearty stuff. are you using a laminated mdf or just plain mdf? plain will look pretty dodgy. |
10-Feb-08, 01:05 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Just curious because i was up at Bunnings today and had a little looksie. |
10-Feb-08, 01:36 AM
|  | Let the haters hate. Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Use melamine mate, MDF is crap.
Things like Ackies and Pygmy Mulga's love their heat, so it will be a much better all round enclosure.
Kane
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10-Feb-08, 01:41 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Cheers kane |
10-Feb-08, 01:43 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Melamie sounds the good. Will go check it out. |
10-Feb-08, 02:32 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: here | | | | MDF is fine to use for enclosures as long as it is well sealed.It also looks a hell of a lot better than stark white melamine.A lot of the bigger breeders use it so it cant be too bad. |
10-Feb-08, 08:04 AM
|  | Mr Knee Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | | MDF will be OK as long as you seal it VERY well , it will swell fairly badly if any moisture gets into it .....
If you like the look of melamine use that instead .... |
10-Feb-08, 09:20 AM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Somewhat Ashamed To Say On This Site Now! Age/Gender: 24 | | | | i dont see the point in paying the extra for melamine.... a good coat of paint and mdf comes up awesome!
just have to be sealed.... which is not hard
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10-Feb-08, 10:21 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Nowra Age/Gender: 26 | | | | I purchased some white melamine today at about a 3rd of the price of the black melamine, along with it a can of black spray paint (full gloss).......now I have black melamine.....I just bought a small piece of white to see what it comes out like, looks good so far.
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10-Feb-08, 08:49 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | i use MDF, works fine, put about 3 coats of paint on it. very smick looking |
10-Feb-08, 09:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender:  | | | | enquiring at a building suppliers...asking what to use to seal & coat mdf for your use
you should get the right info... i rang Bunnings here in S.A...they had no idea,if i did what they advised i would be replacing another tank within 6 mnths ...costly mistake!
sorry i cant remember what exactly i used...3 coats of 1 & 2 coats of another,plus edge sealant
coated a 6ft long 2 ft deep mdf ...18" around the bottom ...cost around $80... with enough left for a 4ft as well |
11-Feb-08, 07:27 AM
| | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Somewhat Ashamed To Say On This Site Now! Age/Gender: 24 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dragon lady coated a 6ft long 2 ft deep mdf ...18" around the bottom ...cost around $80... with enough left for a 4ft as well | jeez, you must be using alot or an expensive product!!!
i use a flexible gap sealant to do the inside joins, then coat the whole lot with a primer/sealer...
then do the insides with dulux aquanamel (high humidity moisture tollerant) and the outsides with Wattyl Stone Effect...
All up i bought 10 litres of paint that cost me about $120...
i have painted 3 large (3x4x2) and 2 smaller (3x2x2) and have heaps still left over....
could probably still paint another 3 big ones!
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